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Prostomatea: Prorodontida: Prorodontidae

Pseudoprorodon sp.
Blochmann, 1886

Pseudoprorodon Genus: Cell body asymmetrical, elongated, slightly curved; cytostome on an oval apical plate but not centrally; nematodesmata of cytopharyngeal apparatus conspicuous; dorsal brush present; macronucleus usually elongate or moniliform; cell body uniformly ciliated; peribuccal trichocysts and small toxicysts present throughout the cytoplasm; a contractile vacuole terminal and may have satellite vacuoles (Carey, 1992).
Species: Cell body like an elogate cylinder; buccal plateau distinct (Carey, 1992).
Similar genus --> Prorodon


Pseudoprorodon sp. (P. halophilus Kahl 1930 ?), cell body, contracted form 130 μm long, 45 μm wide, L/W=2.9, extended form 200 μm long, 23 μm wide, L/W=8.7, x 400, x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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